The illustration work for the biological pools book is almost ready - just two illustrations to go (actually, one and a half, since the preliminary drawings are ready). Here's one of the last I did, a Kingfisher rendered in watercolours and coloured pencils. I did it sitting on a pole, which is how I usually watch one of them from my window when the summer ends. He stands still for long moments, before diving in the water to catch something to eat.